Yeah, the university environment has the "mine" attitude at the desktop level. That is just a fact of life. We need those people to educate our future. But, if they would just spend 1 minute of discussion with the students that corporate discipline and university creativity are separate and unrelated, they would be 2 years ahead of the game before they send out their resume. The first thing we look for in selecting candidates is discipline. We do not need, not invented here types. We need creativity, discipline, and control. We answer to stockholders and auditors.
If Microsoft and the UNIX software vendors built this discipline into the design of their products we would not worry about the software being mixed with the data. I would bet that your desktop "my image" issue would go away if you could use a common image on the restore that integrates their data as well as their preferences so they have no idea a new image was used. If they say they are installing their own stuff and it does not match then the technology to prevent duplicate saves is of no use anyway. I guarantee you if we tell Bill Gates we will buy it if he builds it, he will build it and sell it to us. Same with the UNIX software vendors. Might I suggest that a OS design forum for the vendors to discuss how to take us down that path might be in their best interest just because we will buy it. -----Original Message----- From: Stephen A. Cochran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PC Magazine Enterprise Backup Article - NO MENTION OF On Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 10:48 PM, Kelly Lipp wrote: > Right on. One would never back that stuff up in the first place so > what difference does having that feature make? Well, you'd be supprised how many people do back things like that up. I'm not saying I'm advocating it, but it happens. They want their entire hard drive backed up dammit, and that's what they'll get if they scream long enough. The proposal I've recommended is central document storage on some sort of SAN/NAS, and the backups are happening locally. Much better in my mind, but we have a battle to fight to get there. Steve Cochran Dartmouth College
